The Player's Game

Chapter 47 ~ The Truth Has Been Revealed

Alex's POV

"Sebastian?" He can't manage to meet my gaze.

"I'm sorry." Sorry? Kaya pala una palang, umiinit na dugo ko kapag kaharap ko siya. Pero may mali sa akin. Parang.. parang.. Argh!

"You're sticking your asses too much on my business. Especially you, Alexandra." Natauhan ako sa sinabi ni Stephen at nang tumingin ako sa kanya, hindi ko inaasahang makikipagface to face pala ako sa isang Calibre 45.

"STEPHEN! YOU FCKING ASSHOLE!" Sigaw ni Sebastian.

Napangiti nalang ako. Hindi man lang ako nakaramdam ng takot. Dahil lahat lahat ng emosyon ko ngayon, nawawala at napapalitan ng galit.

I'm here. Standing on my own. The world turned it's back to me. Sa tingin niyo gugustuhin ko pang mabuhay?

I don't give a shit with what's going to happen in my fucked up life. All I want to do right now is kill this spawn of devil in front of me.

We'll see each other in hell then. Itinutok ko rin ang baril na hawak ko kay Stephen.

From what I can see in my peripheral vision, Sebastian was caught off guard by his own people when he tried to stand up and attack Stephen again.

"What the hell! Baka nakakalimutan niyo kung sinong kaharap niyo! I'M THE FUCKING ALPHA SO YOU BETTER BURY YOUR SHITS NOW FOR NOT FOLLOWING MY ORDERS!" Tumawa si Stephen.

"Not anymore my dear brother, they're all mine now." Wala sa sariling tumango ang mga reapers nila.

"So you used the drug on them?" Galit na tanong ni Sebastian.

"Is it that bad to use the drug you developed? Okay, I get it. I'm sorry for not asking your permission." Stephen said trying to hide the sarcasm in his voice.

"This is bullshit, Stephen, wait 'til I land my fist on your fcking face." Stephen laughed. He turned to me and met my eyes.

"Shoot me, Alex and you'll turn yourself into a murderer." Akala niya siguro natatakot akong mabahiran ng dugo ang kamay ko ngayon.

"I'm not afraid to pull the trigger and kill you right now, Stephen. So I guess, I'll be a murderer tonight." His smirk vanished and he became scary as hell.

"It will leave me no choice, then."

My forehead creased. I don't know what he's talking about.

A video flashed on the screen.. displaying an unconscious Ashton Greene tied in a chair.. and a set of zombie-like people around him pointing their guns at him.

Mas lalong tumindi ang galit ko. Ano to? Reunion? Puta.

"Ano ba talagang kailangan mong hayop ka?!" Galit na tanong ko kay Stephen.  Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit nangyayari to sa amin. I can't get a hold of my emotions anymore!

"Okay. Since I'm a good person, I'll explain everything to you."

"STEPHEN, SHIT! DON'T YOU DARE!" Sigaw ni Sebastian.

"Shut him up." Utos ni Stephen at automatic na kumilos yung mga tauhan niya papunta kay Sebastian.

"STEPHEN! I SWEAR! I'LL KI—" Hindi na naituloy ni Sebastian ang sasabihin niya ng mawalan siya bigla ng malay.

Stephen started explaining.

"St. Louis Academy. In that school, there is a secret room no one is allowed to enter. Do you know why it is called the secret room? Because they're hiding a wonderful object there. It was just an ordinary Science Laboratory seven years ago until that day came. There were two students who were able to make a magnificent chemical mixture." Tahimik lang akong nakikinig sa mga sinasabi niya kahit ang dami ng tanong na pumapasok sa utak ko.

Anong kinalaman nun sa akin? Sa amin?

"That mixture can make someone powerful as hell. The two students were both genius. They were ambitious just like the other kids around them but they're different. They were never contented about how people lived. They thought that humans are the weakest creature that ever existed. Until they came up with that mixture. It broke many laws of Science."

Tapos? It's not like I'm interested in this kind of crap.

"The news spread so fast and thousands of people were after it. It caused chaos. So the school head decided to hide that mixture. They can't throw it because that thing is extraordinary. People dug up informations about it. Then one day, people chased the two students. They want to know how to make that mixture. They're chasing two twelve-year-old kids."

Tumigil sa pagsasalita si Stephen at tiningnan si Sebastian na ngayon ay may takip ang bibig at nakatali pero nagpupumiglas parin. Bumalik ang tingin niya sa akin at ngumisi ng nakakaloko.

"Those kids... were you and Sebastian."

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko. How is that fcking possible?

"That's impossible, hindi ko kilala si Seba—" he cut me off.

"One day, you two were being chased by a gang. You were running so fast in the middle of night in your subdivision. You two both had a car accident.  Can you believe it? A thirteen-year-old kid is driving the car that caused your accident. He is a very hard-headed kid. And since he is just a kid, he doesn't know how to drive the car properly so I guess you understand."

Nakatingin lang ako kay Stephen. Paniniwalaan ko ba siya? Hindi ko alam. I don't remember anything! Paano ako makasisigurong hindi siya nagsisinungaling? But still, he's not answering my question kung ano ba talaga ang kailangan niya. Is he after that mixture shit, too?

Pinaglololoko ba ko ungas na to?

At ang sumunod na sinabi ni Stephen ang nagpayanig sa pagkatao ko.

"Vincent Sandoval who you know is Vince Lim is driving that car."